Councillor Kate Gregory

...they noted the Forward Plan and Future Business, which included items identified for forthcoming decisions by the Cabinet on July 15th, 2025, and delegated decisions by various Cabinet Members throughout July 2025.

...to note that there were no declarations of interest at the meeting.

...Cabinet received reports from Scrutiny Committees, including those regarding the Transport Working Group, Section 106 Improvement Project, the Virtual School, Children's Homes, Home to School Transport Policy, Local Enterprise Partnership Integration Update, Business Management and Monitoring Report, and the Rail Strategy, and will respond to the recommendations in due course.

...to note the Cabinet's responses to scrutiny reports regarding streetworks management and the Local Area Partnership SEND update, approving the recommendations with some partial acceptance and proposed actions.

... the Cabinet endorsed recommendations to update Home to School Travel & Transport Policy 2025/26 for Reception to Year 11 and agreed to adopt the proposed Post 16 Transport Policy Statement Academic Year 2026/27, maintaining existing support levels by not introducing a contribution charge for eligible students.